TODAY IN HISTORY – 15th August
1955 - Elvis Presley attended a meeting in Memphis with his manager Bob Neal, Colonel Tom Parker and Vernon Presley, at which a new contract was signed that named Colonel Parker as "special advisor" with control of virtually every aspect of Elvis' career. Parker was not really a Colonel at all, but a Dutch immigrant named Andreas Cornelius van Kujik, whose honorary title was given to him in 1948 by Governor Jimmie Davis of Louisiana. He was a flamboyant promoter whose pre-Elvis experience included shows called The Great Parker Pony Circus and Tom Parker And His Dancing Turkeys and was a veteran of carnivals, medicine shows and various other entertainment enterprises.
1958 - Buddy Holly married Maria Elena Santiago in Lubbock, Texas.
1960 - Elvis Presley started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with It's Now Or Never. It also made No.1 in the UK.
1961 - Born this day, Matt Johnson, musician, guitarist, singer, The The, 1993 UK No.35 single Slow Emotion Replay.
1964 - Actor and singer Dean Martin went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Everybody Loves Somebody, it made No.11 on the UK chart.
1965 - A crowd of some 56,000 attended a Beatles concert at the Shea Stadium in New York City, setting a then, world attendance and revenue records for a pop concert. It grossed $304,000 dollars. The Beatles' share was $160,000.
1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Festival began on the 600 acre Yasgur's Farm in Bethel, outside New York. The three-day long festival drew a crowd of more than 500,000 people, and it became one of the most celebrated rock and folk concert festivals of all time. It was a pilgrimage to a farm owned by Max Yasgur in an area of Sullivan County, New York called Bethel. Performers included: Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Arlo Guthrie, Country Joe and the Fish, Santana, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Canned Heat, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, The Band, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Ravi Shanker, Blood Sweat and Tears, Joe Cocker and others. During the three days there were three deaths, two births and four miscarriages.
The most famous anthem to it, Woodstock, was written by Joni Mitchell, who didn't even go, but it was recorded by new superstars Crosby, Still, and Nash, who did. Joni Mitchell was booked to appear but had to pull out due to being booked for a TV show.
1969 - Three Dog Night (Danny Hutton, Cory Wells and Chuck Negron) were awarded a gold record for the album, Three Dog Night.
Where'd the name of the group come from?....
.....In Australia, the aborigine tribes of several regions slept outside all year. As the temperatures got colder, the tribesmen would sleep with a dog to keep warm. In colder weather, they would huddle with two dogs and on a really cold night...
1981 - Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross hit No.1 on the pop music charts with their beautiful duet, Endless Love. It was a huge success for the two singers. Endless Love was number one for nine weeks. The song was the title from a film starring Brooke Shields.
1987 - Michael Jackson had his third UK No.1 with the single 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You', a duet with Siedah Garrett. It was originally intended to be a duet between Jackson and either Barbra Streisand or Whitney Houston. Session singer Siedah Garrett also worked with Madonna.
1991 - Paul Simon played a free concert in New York's Central Park, before an audience of three quarters of a million people.
1992 - INXS went to No.1 on the UK album chart with Welcome To Whoever You Are, their first UK No.1 album.
1995 - The hotel owned by U2, The Clarence was damaged by a fire which took over three hours
2000 - David Bowie and his wife, Iman, celebrated the birth of their first child, a baby girl named Alexandria Zahra Jones.
2002 - A memorial to John Lennon was unveiled in the remote Scottish village of Durness, where Lennon had spent his holidays from age seven to fifteen. The lyrics from In My Life were inscribed on three stones.
1955 - Elvis Presley attended a meeting in Memphis with his manager Bob Neal, Colonel Tom Parker and Vernon Presley, at which a new contract was signed that named Colonel Parker as "special advisor" with control of virtually every aspect of Elvis' career. Parker was not really a Colonel at all, but a Dutch immigrant named Andreas Cornelius van Kujik, whose honorary title was given to him in 1948 by Governor Jimmie Davis of Louisiana. He was a flamboyant promoter whose pre-Elvis experience included shows called The Great Parker Pony Circus and Tom Parker And His Dancing Turkeys and was a veteran of carnivals, medicine shows and various other entertainment enterprises.
1958 - Buddy Holly married Maria Elena Santiago in Lubbock, Texas.
1960 - Elvis Presley started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with It's Now Or Never. It also made No.1 in the UK.
1961 - Born this day, Matt Johnson, musician, guitarist, singer, The The, 1993 UK No.35 single Slow Emotion Replay.
1964 - Actor and singer Dean Martin went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Everybody Loves Somebody, it made No.11 on the UK chart.
1965 - A crowd of some 56,000 attended a Beatles concert at the Shea Stadium in New York City, setting a then, world attendance and revenue records for a pop concert. It grossed $304,000 dollars. The Beatles' share was $160,000.
1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Festival began on the 600 acre Yasgur's Farm in Bethel, outside New York. The three-day long festival drew a crowd of more than 500,000 people, and it became one of the most celebrated rock and folk concert festivals of all time. It was a pilgrimage to a farm owned by Max Yasgur in an area of Sullivan County, New York called Bethel. Performers included: Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Arlo Guthrie, Country Joe and the Fish, Santana, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Canned Heat, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, The Band, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Ravi Shanker, Blood Sweat and Tears, Joe Cocker and others. During the three days there were three deaths, two births and four miscarriages.
The most famous anthem to it, Woodstock, was written by Joni Mitchell, who didn't even go, but it was recorded by new superstars Crosby, Still, and Nash, who did. Joni Mitchell was booked to appear but had to pull out due to being booked for a TV show.
1969 - Three Dog Night (Danny Hutton, Cory Wells and Chuck Negron) were awarded a gold record for the album, Three Dog Night.
Where'd the name of the group come from?....
.....In Australia, the aborigine tribes of several regions slept outside all year. As the temperatures got colder, the tribesmen would sleep with a dog to keep warm. In colder weather, they would huddle with two dogs and on a really cold night...
1981 - Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross hit No.1 on the pop music charts with their beautiful duet, Endless Love. It was a huge success for the two singers. Endless Love was number one for nine weeks. The song was the title from a film starring Brooke Shields.
1987 - Michael Jackson had his third UK No.1 with the single 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You', a duet with Siedah Garrett. It was originally intended to be a duet between Jackson and either Barbra Streisand or Whitney Houston. Session singer Siedah Garrett also worked with Madonna.
1991 - Paul Simon played a free concert in New York's Central Park, before an audience of three quarters of a million people.
1992 - INXS went to No.1 on the UK album chart with Welcome To Whoever You Are, their first UK No.1 album.
1995 - The hotel owned by U2, The Clarence was damaged by a fire which took over three hours
2000 - David Bowie and his wife, Iman, celebrated the birth of their first child, a baby girl named Alexandria Zahra Jones.
2002 - A memorial to John Lennon was unveiled in the remote Scottish village of Durness, where Lennon had spent his holidays from age seven to fifteen. The lyrics from In My Life were inscribed on three stones.